Hanukkah In NYC – Mayor Bloomberg Lights Midtown Menorah

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) along with Rabbi Shmuel Butman (L) rise in a hydraulic lift to light a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) along with Rabbi Shmuel Butman rise in a hydraulic lift to light a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening to celebrate the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) along with Rabbi Shmuel Butman (L) stand in a hydraulic lift to light a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks down from a hydraulic lift to light a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Bystanders watch the lighting of a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Jewish men (foreground) stand near a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Bystanders watch the lighting of a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: A Jewish man in a traditional hat (foreground) stands near a large Chanukah menorah December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Mayor Bloomberg Lights Large Menorah In Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: A large Chanukah menorah stands December 7, 2010 in New York City. Billed as the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah, the steel frame stands on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street across from Central Park and will be lit each evening during to mark the Jewish holiday. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Vigil Remembers Homeless New Yorkers Who Died In 2011

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Rabbi Michael Fienberg lights a Hanukkah candle at a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by the homeless advocacy group Picture the Homeless, a grassroots organization founded and led by homeless people. According to Coalition for the Homeless,in New York City 41,200 homeless men, women, and children sleep each night in municipal homeless shelters. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)